Creator / Masamune Shirow

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One of the mangaka most responsible for the prevalence of Cyber Punk themes in anime and manga since the early 1980's, Masamune Shirow specializes in stories about technology-gone-berserk and post-apocalyptic madness.

Born on November 23, 1961, Shirow began his career in college, with such works as Intron Depot and Black Magic M-66. He eventually struck gold with Dominion, one of the funniest dystopian fantasies ever written — which was later turned into the successful OAV series Dominion Tank Police. The more serious Appleseed manga was also successful.

Shirow's art style is characterized by an obsessive attention to technical detail (rivaling that of his contemporary Katsuhiro Otomo), and a similarly detailed — if unrealistic — approach to character design.

Shirow is a very private and reclusive individual, having often been called the J.D. Salinger of Japan; like many mangaka, he is best known by his pen name. All that anyone knows about Masanori Ohta, the man behind the pseudonym, is that he lives in Hyogo, Japan (where he moved after losing his house in the 1995 Kobe earthquake), and that he was formerly a high school teacher. He also is a fan of FN guns and the FAMAS.

He also draws a loooooot of Hentai these days. Almost exclusively, in fact, to the point where detractors wish he would go back to mainstream material. His H works tend to feature lesbian sex, anal, and tentacle rape.

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